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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

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Under green light and assisted by an ionic liquid, gold nanoparticles, bottom, lend electrons to convert CO2 molecules, the red and grey spheres in the center, to more complex hydrocarbon fuel molecules.

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Graphic courtesy Sungju Yu, Jain Lab at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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